This is an excerpt from the full feature available in the Winter 2024 edition of the Pioneer Pages. The full feature is available here.
Sydney Hill grew up as the daughter of a former Police Chief in a small Ohio town. Although growth seems to be quickly rising in Plain City, Ohio, it still is a village just north of 4,000 residents. Even her current state of residence, Connecticut, is among the smallest land mass states in the U.S., just over 5,500 square miles. More importantly though, the New England state is home to her current employer, ESPN, the globally known sports entertainment company.
Hill graduated from Jonathan Alder High School in 2017. As a Pioneer, Hill enjoyed her time as a member of choir, drumline, and the production team for school plays, and undoubtedly as a Majorette in the Marching Band. From the turf of Performance Stadium, to the Blue & White “checkered-endzones’’ of Kroger Field at the University of Kentucky, and excitedly the sidelines of Super Bowl LVII in Glendale, Ariz., Hill has already reached levels she did not know were possible.
Although she has traveled the country and attended numerous live sporting events, Hill still pays homage to her hometown and the school district that helped guide her to where she is today. In fact, it was at Jonathan Alder High School where the ripple effect began for Hill’s elevation to employment at one of the most well-known and largest sports entertainment companies in the world.
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